Michael Swenson

Michael R. Swenson serves as the Senior Community Manager for Strategic Response at Reddit. In this role, they support countless Reddit communities and moderator teams by developing the strategic response pillar and driving preventative crisis management initiatives.

Prior to Reddit, Michael was a Community Lead at the Integrity Institute and a Safety Policy Manager for Child Safety and Wellbeing at Meta. They also previously led a team of program managers at Discord, where they managed the moderator ecosystem: a collection of programs, resources, and initiatives focused on community moderators. This work bridged community moderators with product teams, academic researchers, and civil society organizations focused on fostering safety and belonging within online communities.

Michael holds an M.S. in Computer Science with a focus on human-computer interaction from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Master of Divinity with a focus on ethics and society from Duke University Divinity School. At these institutions, Michael delved into the intersections of ethics, technology, and their broader societal implications for online communities.